Prince Edward Island's University Sector Performance

Prince Edward Island's overall university system performance and cost per student are at the Canadian average. Across the three dimensions of performance, PEI's university system (there is only one institution: the University of Prince Edward Island) performs above the Canadian average on value to students, slightly below average on access and below average on value to society. Results for each indicator are presented below.

Dimension	Component	Indicator	Z	Value	Strongest	Average	Weakest
Access	Access to Higher Education	Participation Rates	-0.25	0.21	0.29	0.22	0.16
	Equity of Access	Aboriginal Attainment Rates	1.79	0.12	0.12	0.09	0.07
		First-Generation Participation	0.66	0.36	0.42	0.31	0.18
		Gender Balance	-1.82	0.60	0.74	0.68	0.60
	Success in Higher Education	Attainment Rates	-0.58	0.29	0.36	0.31	0.27
Value to Society	Engaged Citizens	Donating	-0.35	0.10	0.25	0.12	0.02
		Volunteering	-0.68	0.20	0.36	0.24	0.17
		Voting	-1.56	-0.04	0.19	0.08	-0.04
	Job Creation	% of Population with Advanced Degrees	-0.38	0.07	0.11	0.08	0.05
		Labour Market Participation	0.90	0.17	0.24	0.12	0.07
		Overqualification Rates	-0.07	0.39	0.34	0.39	0.44
		Related Employment	-1.32	0.75	0.92	0.83	0.73
	Magnet for Talent	International Enrolment	-0.09	0.10	0.15	0.11	0.08
		Prestigious Graduate Scholarships	0.03	0.00	0.05	-0.00	-0.06
		University Rankings	-0.73	0.00	19.00	4.50	0.00
	New Discoveries	Highly Cited Researchers	-0.14	-0.01	0.12	-0.00	-0.11
		Research Funding	-0.90	73,200.00	191,500.00	117,350.00	49,500.00
		Research Impact	-1.33	0.62	1.08	0.84	0.62
Value to Students	Student Finances	Average Graduate Debt	-0.65	16,600.00	6,300.00	13,590.00	21,200.00
		Repayment Assistance Plan	-0.68	0.29	0.14	0.24	0.33
		Student Loan Default Rates	0.18	0.08	0.05	0.08	0.10
		Tuition Fees	-0.32	6,300.00	2,900.00	5,760.00	8,100.00
	Health and Happiness	Life Satisfaction	0.51	0.09	0.17	0.06	-0.06
		Mental Health	0.69	0.12	0.20	0.06	-0.08
		Physical Health	0.00	0.11	0.29	0.11	0.02
		Smoking Status	1.23	0.31	0.31	0.25	0.18
	Jobs for Graduates	Earnings Premium	0.16	15,700.00	25,100.00	14,990.00	9,900.00
		Employment Rates After Grad	1.29	0.94	0.94	0.92	0.90
		Unemployment Rates	2.38	0.15	0.15	0.05	0.02
	Learning Outcomes	Adult Literacy Skills	0.90	318.00	320.00	312.90	302.00
	Learning Outcomes	Adult Numeracy Skills	0.33	308.00	313.00	306.10	295.00
	Student Experience	Student Engagement	1.47	47.00	47.00	44.70	43.00
		Student-to-Faculty Ratio	0.98	15.40	15.40	18.54	25.80
		Teaching Awards	0.18	0.01	0.08	-0.00	-0.13